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Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor in America, not because it is the best (that would be coffee) but because it is the least objectionable. Put another way, vanilla is the most acceptable to the most people; it's not many people's favorite, but nobody hates it. And that's why Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the vanilla candidate. A new Des Moines Register poll has Mr. Walker in first place -- narrowly -- among likely Republican caucus-goers. With Mitt Romney included in the poll, Mr. Walker was the respondents' first choice with 15 percentage points. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was second with 14 percentage points...

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Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor in America, not because it is the best (that would be coffee) but because it is the least objectionable. Put another way, vanilla is the most acceptable to the most people; it's not many people's favorite,...

The best bachelor party story of the year — and perhaps of all time — belongs to EJ Rumpke. It literally became international news.
That will happen when Bill Murray unexpectedly shows up to dinner to offer wisdom to the bachelor. After the website...

HBO's "Olive Kitteridge" opens with an older woman walking into the woods on a fall day. She is carrying a blanket, radio, envelope, revolver and one bullet.
She spreads the blanket on the ground, turns the radio to a classical station and...

In a 1993 classic movie, Bill Murray plays a weatherman who is given the assignment to view the annual awaking of the ground hog Punxsutawney Phil and finds himself living the same day over and over again. Today we are experiencing much the same thing...

For the better part of a decade, Sister Nancy Murray has been performing onstage throughout the world in a one-woman play that tells the story of St. Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century Italian teenager who was instrumental in restoring the papacy to...

Towson men’s basketball coach Pat Skerry completed his coaching staff a few weeks ago, but I just now discovered that one of his young assistants has a very famous father. Luke Murray, who was on Sean Miller’s staff in Arizona in 2009-10 and coached at...

A little boy lost in unknown waters, a father's perilous journey to retrieve him — no, it's not "Finding Nemo." In this case, we're talking about 2011's best horror film to date, arriving July 12 on DVD and Blu-ray."Insidious" (Sony...

Here is another free bowling opportunity to add to your calendar.Vote in the celebrity bowler contest and get a coupon for free bowling in honor of National Bowling Week, July 30 through Aug. 6. Options include Bill Murray, Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga, as...

In the film "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray wakes up each morning and relives the previous day.
A similar scenario is playing out in the Middle East between Israel and her enemies. The deadly "movie" always goes like this: Israel is...

Could you imagine Bill Murray stopping by your Baltimore pad, carrying a "bottle of whine [sic] or vegetable tray"? Oh, to dream.
The humor site Super Official News announced that the actor is to embark on a six-week Party Crashing Tour,...

Two new movies, "Lincoln" and "Hyde Park on the Hudson," are intimate portraits of the two most consequential presidents of the United States. They are timely reminders that politics has never been pretty and our leaders have never...

Earlier this month, assistant coach Luke Murray was traveling with Towson University's basketball team, psyching himself up for a win, when he got a text message from his dad.
"I think you guys should all go bowling," the text read. "I...

Editor's note: This is Bill Burt's second column in the Baltimore Sun. He is executive sports editor of The Eagle-Tribune. He has covered the Patriots and the NFL for 21 years. He has covered six Super Bowls, including the Ravens’ win over the Giants in...

February. What more need I say? Punxsutawney Phil will let us know today how much longer until spring, but if the winter drearies have got you down and you just can't watch another minute of Bill Murray repeating his "Groundhog Day," then...

The only thing colder and stiffer than the crowd bundled up near a Washington fountain early Saturday morning was a woodchuck standing on its hind legs on a small wooden platform.
Potomac Phil, you see, is stuffed. Or more precisely, taxidermied.
When...

Had Brooks and Bailey Webster been born just a year or two apart, they might have ended up as college volleyball teammates, giving opponents a double dose of their hard-hitting power game.
Instead, the sisters are at opposite ends of their college...

No, it wasn’t the Oscars, but it sure felt that way.
NBC celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” Sunday night with a live special that was as long (3½ hours) and as stuffed with montages as an Academy Awards broadcast. The network...

"Saturday Night Live" plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary this month, with NBC confirming a long list of participants during the Super Bowl. The massive reunion special will air on Feb. 15.
The biggest surprise is Eddie Murphy's planned...

A mix of celebrities and former "Saturday Night Live" cast members are slated to appear on the 40th Anniversary Special for the storied sketch comedy series scheduled to air Feb. 15.
NBC ran a pair of minimalistic promos during Sunday's Super...

While Joe DiMaggio was Mr. Coffee, Ernie Banks was Mr. Cub. Banks didn't marry sex goddesses, he betrothed an entire city, one that was frequently sooty and snowy on opening day.
Every April, he was the warm sunshine until the real sun came out.
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